Magnetite-based magnetoreception in birds: The effect of a biasing field and a pulse on migratory behavior

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3031-3037

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Munro, Ursula ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australian silvereye; Biasing field; Magnetoreception; Migratory orientation; Pulse; Single domain magnetite; Superparamagnetic particles; Zosterops l. lateralis

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; FLYING; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IRON; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; OXIDES; TASMANIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; ZOSTEROPS; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0036793470     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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